Trump announces new travel restrictions on 8 countries | 24 Sept 2017 | President Trump is replacing his controversial travel ban with a targeted list of restrictions that will enhance vetting for nationals from eight countries, senior administration officials announced Sunday. The eight countries on the modified list of countries are Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen. The officials say these states failed to comply with the U.S. information-sharing requirements that aim to make vetting processes stronger.

Trump cranks up North Korea threats as Pyongyang holds anti-U.S. rally | 24 Sept 2017 | U.S. President Donald Trump dialed up the rhetoric against North Korea again at the weekend, warning the country's foreign minister that he and leader Kim Jong Un "won't be around much longer", as Pyongyang staged a major anti-U.S. rally. North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday that targeting the U.S. mainland with its rockets was inevitable after "Mr Evil President" Trump called Pyongyang's leader a "rocket man" on a suicide mission. Trump and Kim have traded increasingly threatening and personal insults as Pyongyang races toward its goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the United States - something Trump has vowed to prevent.

Florida Governor Rick Scott DELETED voicemail cries for help from the nursing home where 11 people died in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma after the air conditioning failed --Officials from The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills said they left four messages on Governor Scott's cellphone --Scott claims that no one from the nursing home indicated a crisis or that patients were in danger | 24 Sept 2017 | Four voicemail messages left on Governor Rick Scott's personal cellphone by a nursing home where 11 people have died in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma were deleted. CBS Miami reported that the messages were left during the 36 hours before the first patient died. Natasha Anderson, a vice president with The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, says she called the governor's cellphone requesting 'immediate assistance' in restoring the power to the home's air conditioning system. Scott claims that no one from the nursing home indicated a crisis or that patients were in danger.

Shooter kills one, wounds 7 at Tennessee church | 24 Sept 2017 | A gunman opened fire at a church in Antioch, Tennessee, on Sunday, killing one person and wounding six others, according to a spokesman for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. An eighth victim was "pistol whipped," police said. "This is a mass casualty situation," the Nashville Fire Department said in a tweet. "All of the wounded have been transported to area hospitals." Police identified the gunman in a Sunday press conference as 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson.

US special ops forces and hardware spotted at ISIS positions north of Deir ez-Zor - Russian MoD | 24 Sept 2017 | The Russian Ministry of Defense has released aerial images which they say show US Army special forces equipment north of the town of Deir ez-Zor, where ISIS militants are deployed. US Army special units provide free passage for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) through the battle formations of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL [but still I-CIA-SIS]) terrorists, the ministry said in a statement. "Facing no resistance of the ISIS militants, the SDF units are advancing along the left shore of the Euphrates towards Deir ez-Zor," the statement reads. The newly released images "clearly show that US special ops are stationed at the outposts previously set up by ISIS militants." This could mean that the US military staff "feel absolutely safe" in the area which is held by the terrorists, the Ministry of Defense stated. [Now, stop calling me a 'conspiracy theorist.' This is about the hundredth article I've found detailing the *fact* that ISIS is a wholly-owned and operated CIA front in the globalists' war on Syria. --LRP]

Loggers 'Accidentally' Cut Down World's Oldest Tree in Amazon Forest | 04 Sept 2017 | Illegal loggers at the frontier of the Peruvian and Brazilian border have 'mistakenly' cut down what experts claim is the world's oldest tree after allegedly not noticing they were logging deeply in Matsés Indigenous Reserve, an area where logging is illegal, infuriating local conservation organizations and native indigenous communities. The giant Samauma tree that is thought to be over 5,800 years old, judging on its concentric rings, and estimated to be close to 40 meters in height. The tree was a major part of the native tribe's cultural landscape, countless generations of natives having witnessed the long duration of the tree and having included it in their own culture.

Pittsburgh Steelers remain in locker room during the national anthem | 24 Sept 2017 | In a sign of solidarity, the Pittsburgh Steelers stayed in the locker room during the national anthem before their 1 p.m. ET kickoff with the Chicago Bears. As the anthem began in Soldier Field, several Steelers coaches were on the sideline, including head coach Mike Tomlin, while the players were not present...Left tackle Alejandro Villanueva, an Army Ranger who served in Afghanistan, was seen on the CBS broadcast at the edge of the tunnel during the anthem, hand over heart.

Abu Ghraib Ex-Inmates' Lawsuit Moves Ahead in Federal Court --The lawsuit has been dismissed multiple times, only to be reinstated each time by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond | 22 Sept 2017 | After nine years of fits and starts, dismissals and reinstatements, a federal lawsuit filed by one-time inmates at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq against civilian interrogators who worked there is moving ahead. "We're not dismissing this case. It's going to go forward," U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said at the conclusion of a hearing Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria. It's been 13 years since photos documenting abusive treatment of inmates at Abu Ghraib first became public, and nine years since the lawsuit was first filed against CACI Premier Technology, which supplied civilian interrogators to the prison on a contract basis.

Dam failure 'imminent' in Puerto Rico after Maria, thousands urged to evacuate | 23 Sept 2017 | Fears in storm-battered Puerto Rico have shifted to a failing dam as the U.S. territory reels from the devastating impact of Hurricane Maria. Early Saturday morning, the National Weather Service said failure of the Guajataca Dam in northwest Puerto Rico is "imminent" and could cause "life-threatening flash flooding" downstream on the the Guajataca River. Dam operators said it began to show signs of failing, causing flash flooding, on Friday around 2:10 p.m. ET. "Move to higher ground now," the National Weather Service urged residents in the area. "This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation."

11 Deaths: At Florida Nursing Home, Many Calls for Help, but None That Made a Difference | 23 Sept 2017 | Eight residents of the nursing home [Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills] were dead by the end of that day, Sept. 13, and three who were among the 140 evacuated have died since. The Hollywood police have opened a criminal investigation, while the state has all but shut down the residence. That same day, about 160 other nursing homes across Florida had no electricity, and most of those, like Hollywood Hills, had no generator capable of powering air-conditioning. But of all those places, the only one where a power loss is known to have caused multiple deaths was the home that advertised being "directly across the street from Hollywood’s Memorial Regional Hospital -- so patients receive the finest health care day and night."

Six hurt after being sprayed with noxious substance at Stratford Centre | 24 Sept 2017 | Six people have been injured after a suspected noxious substance attack at a shopping centre. A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm after the incident at the Stratford Centre, opposite Westfield, in east London. Police said there was an altercation involving two groups of males inside the shopping centre just before 8pm on Saturday, during which the substance was thrown. The groups ran from the scene, with some entering Stratford station.

Pentagon Caught Falsifying Paperwork on $2.2 Billion Weapons Funnel to Syrian Opposition --Pentagon is running massive weapons trafficking pipeline which originates in the Balkans and Caucuses and ends in Syria and Iraq | 14 Sept 2017 | A new bombshell joint report issued by two international weapons monitoring groups Tuesday confirms that the Pentagon continues to ship record breaking amounts of weaponry into Syria and that the Department of Defense is scrubbing its own paper trail. On Tuesday the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) produced conclusive evidence that not only is the Pentagon currently involved in shipping up to $2.2 billion worth of weapons from a shady network of private dealers to allied partners in Syria - mostly old Soviet weaponry - but is actually manipulating paperwork such as end-user certificates, presumably in order to hide US involvement.

US nuclear carrier conducts naval drills with Japan as N. Korea threatens H-bomb test | 22 Sept 2017 | The 100,000-ton US Navy supercarrier Ronald Reagan has conducted drills with Japanese warships south of the Korean Peninsula, Japan's military said. Pyongyang, meanwhile, has threatened a further "hydrogen bomb test" over the Pacific. The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force said in a statement on Friday that the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier Ronald Reagan, based in the Japanese town of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, and its escort ships have been holding drills with Japanese Navy vessels in waters south and west of Japan's main islands since September 11. The strike group is also set to stage a separate drill with the South Korean Navy in October, the Defense Ministry added.

US set to ease curbs on drone strikes | 22 Sept 2017 | Donald Trump's administration is ready to lift restrictions on military drone strikes, according to reports in the US. The New York Times reports that senior officials are preparing to scrap curbs which were put in place by the Obama administration. Under the proposed changes drone strikes would not be limited to taking out "high level" militants who are considered to pose a threat to Americans. The change in policy is likely to see an escalation in the use of drones, a policy which was heralded by Donald Trump in a speech last month.

Latest Obamacare Repeal Effort Is Most Far-Reaching | 21 Sept 2017 | The bill that Senate Republican leaders have vowed to bring to a vote next week...dismantles the Medicaid expansion and the system of subsidies to help people afford insurance. It gives the states the right to waive many of the consumer protections under President Obama's landmark health law. And it removes the guaranteed safety net that has insured the country's poorest citizens for more than half a century. The White House and Senate leaders are now in an intensive final push to repeal the Affordable Care Act by September 30.

15 dead and 20 missing on Dominica after Hurricane Maria | 22 Sept 2017 | At least 15 people have died and 20 are missing on Dominica following Hurricane Maria, the island's Prime Minister has said. "It is worse than a war zone," Roosevelt Skerrit told a TV network. "It has been brutal. I saw almost complete devastation." The Caribbean island's communications systems were cut off and its airport forced to close when the category five storm hit, late on Monday night.

Despair rises for relatives of the missing in Mexico quake; death toll up to 273 | 21 Sept 2017 | As painstaking attempts to reach survivors in quake-ravaged buildings across Mexico City stretched into a third day Thursday, desperation mounted among loved ones who earlier had high hopes for quick rescues and some complained they were being kept in the dark about search efforts. President Enrique Pena Nieto's office raised the death toll from Tuesday's magnitude 7.1 earthquake to 273, including 137 in the capital. More than 2,000 were injured and more than 50 people rescued in Mexico City alone, including two women and a man pulled alive from the wreckage of a building in the city's center Wednesday night.

Samantha Power sought to unmask Americans on almost daily basis, sources say | 20 Sept 2017 | Samantha Power, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, was 'unmasking' at such a rapid pace in the final months of the Obama administration that she averaged more than one request for every working day in 2016 - and even sought information in the days leading up to President Trump's inauguration, multiple sources close to the matter told Fox News. Two sources, who were not authorized to speak on the record, said the requests to identify Americans whose names surfaced in foreign intelligence reporting, known as unmasking, exceeded 260 last year. One source indicated this occurred in the final days of the Obama White House.

Deep State's Zuckerberg says will provide suspected 'Russian-linked' election ads to Congress | 21 Sept 2017 | CEO [globalist dirt-bag] Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday that FaCIAbook has reached out to congressional leaders to agree on a process of handing over suspected Russian-linked election ads. "We are committed to rising to the occasion...to work with the government to find out the full extent of Russian interference," Zuckerberg said...Zuckerberg said he instructed his staff on Thursday morning to provide those ads to Congress as well. [And yet: the *silence* - on the Deep State/Koch brothers' influence on US politics and their ownership of Congress - is *deafening.*]

'It's destroyed everything in its path': Puerto Rico in total darkness after Hurricane Maria knocks out 100% of the island's power while nearly two feet of rain turns roads into rivers of mud --Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico Wednesday morning as a Cat. 4 hurricane with 155 mph winds --Forecasters say it could regain strength and Maria could again become a major hurricane by Thursday | 20 Sept 2017 | Puerto Rico may be without power for months after Hurricane Maria hit the U.S. territory with powerful winds that downed trees, ripped the roofs off homes and turned roads into rivers with flash flooding. Gov. Ricardo Rosselló told CNN late Wednesday night that it may take months to restore power to the entire island. He said that as a result of the powerful Category 4 hurricane, no one on the island has power from utilities since the power grid is 'a little bit old, mishandled and weak'. More than 10,000 remained in shelters Wednesday night as the governor has imposed a curfew on the island from 6pm to 6am beginning Wednesday and ending on Saturday morning.

Shocking emails reveal editor of food science journal was on Monsanto's payroll at $400 per hour | 20 Sept 2017 | Recently released court documents reveal what many people have long suspected: Monsanto [terrorist group and Obama's best buds] had a hand in the retraction of a groundbreaking study that left little doubt about the dangers of glyphosate in a prominent food science journal. Monsanto will do anything to protect the reputation of Roundup and its other herbicide products – which earned them $1.9 billion in gross profits in 2015 alone - and that includes silencing their detractors. It has now emerged that the Editor in Chief of the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology who oversaw the famous study's retraction was on Monsanto's payroll. This is a conflict of interest at best, and possibly something far more underhanded, and they might have gotten away with it had their lawyers succeeded in preventing their internal documents from being released in a class action lawsuit filed against the firm by cancer patients.

Utilities meant to hide report on nuclear project - attorney | 19 Sept 2017 | For at least two years before a South Carolina nuclear power construction project was abandoned, its owners had a report that they intended to keep secret showing the reactors couldn't be completed as planned, an attorney for a legislative panel investigating the debacle said Friday. "The report is very, very troubling," said Scott Elliott, hired by the House for the hearings. "It was designed to never see the light of day." ...The utilities abandoned the project July 31 after jointly spending nearly $10 billion, leaving nearly 6,000 people jobless. A[n insane] 2007 state law allows South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) to recoup its debt from customers if state regulators determine money was spent prudently.

Over 3,000 new US troops headed to Afghanistan - Pentagon | 18 Sept 2017 | US Defense Secretary James Mattis confirmed that over 3,000 new US troops will be headed to Afghanistan as part of President Donald Trump’s new strategy to win the war that has dragged on for almost 16 years. "It is exactly over 3,000 somewhat and frankly I haven't signed the last of the orders right now as we look at specific, small elements that are going," Mattis told reporters on Monday afternoon. Earlier in the day, Senator David Perdue (R-Georgia) referred to "3,500 more troops" in an article published by Defense One.

'Assad is Protector of the Christians in the Middle East' - Archbishop Hanna | 17 Aug 2017 | Atallah Hanna, the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, has visited Damascus today. During his visit, he met with the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, stressing that President Assad assured himself as an important figure of protecting the Christians, not just in Syria, but elsewhere in the Middle East too, noting that he does not consider Christians just as a "minority", but rather an important and integral part of the Syrian society.

House goes to court to protect secrecy of records --An effort to fight a FOIA lawsuit for proposals on health care reform wins bipartisan backing. | 15 Sept 2017 | The House of Representatives is taking legal action to make sure that federal agencies don’t release congressional records to the public through the Freedom of Information Act. The move, which came Friday evening in a lawsuit demanding access to discussions about health care reform between the Trump administration and Congress, threatens to cut off a mechanism liberal watchdog groups were using to gain insight into closed-door negotiations on a variety of policy issues. In legal papers filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, House General Counsel Thomas Hungar said the move to protect congressional correspondence was authorized by a House body known as the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group.

US government used secret court orders to wiretap former Trump campaign chairman, before and after election | 18 Sept 2017 | US investigators wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the election, sources tell CNN, an extraordinary step involving a high-ranking campaign official now at the center of the 'Russia meddling' probe. The government snooping continued into early this year, including a period when Manafort was known to talk to President Donald Trump. A secret order authorized by the court that handles the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) began after Manafort became the subject of an FBI investigation that began in 2014.

'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Maria now a Category 5 storm --Maria is one of three storms churning in the Atlantic Ocean | 18 Sept 2017 | Hurricane Maria is now an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center's 8 p.m. advisory. The storm has 160 mph maximum sustained winds. It is too soon to know whether or not Maria will impact the U.S. coast, including the Carolinas.

NYU Professor calls on John Jay College President to terminate Mike Isaacson | 18 Sept 2017 | On Thursday, September 14th, we published a story that profiled John Jay College Professor and Antifa leader, Mike Isaacson. In this story we included multiple incendiary tweets in which he advocated for "dead cops" and claimed that political violence was necessary against people who oppose communism. Once this story began receiving significant media coverage we launched a #FireMike Campaign and encouraged concerned citizens to contact the John Jay College administration and make sure their voices were heard...One person who has also raised concerns with President Mason is NYU Liberal Studies Professor, Michael Rectenwald.